Two Estonian defence companies, Wayren and Telearmy, have been chosen among 15 firms advancing to Phase 2 of NATO’s Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) programme, which links 75 innovation centres worldwide.
On 5 September, U.S. Soldiers of B Battery, 1st Battalion, 14th Field Artillery Regiment, 75th Field Artillery Brigade, also known as Task Force Voit, concluded a six-month NATO training mission in Estonia.
Estonia has received the final shipment of French-made CAESAR 155mm wheeled self-propelled howitzers, the country’s Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday.
The Estonian Defence Forces have announced that a new CAESAR self-propelled howitzer battery within the Artillery Battalion has achieved initial combat readiness.
British Army units leading NATO’s multinational battlegroup in Estonia have recently carried out a live fire exercise using their newly deployed Archer artillery system.
German defence company Rheinmetall has secured multiple contracts from Lithuania and Estonia for the supply of infantry ammunition, with a combined value of approximately €33 million.
The Estonian Ministry of Defence has confirmed a new four-year defence development plan valued at over €10 billion, aimed at modernising the national defence structure by 2029.
The defence ministers of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania met with U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon on Thursday, pledging to meet NATO’s target of spending 5% of their GDP on defence.
The Estonian Centre for Defence Investments (ECDI) has signed a €200 million contract with French defence company MBDA for the supply of Mistral 3short-range air defence systems.
On 11 July, Estonian reserve soldiers participating in an artillery battery training assembly fired HIMARS rocket launchers for the first time in the country.
Finnish defence firm Patria has signed an agreement to divest its 60% shareholding in Milworks OU to Estonia’s Mootor Group.
Estonian defence company Marduk Technologies has successfully demonstrated its SHARK system at the GUTE Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS) trials on Gotland, Sweden.
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